Bob Hicok
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bob Hicok (born 1960) is an American poet.
Contents |
[edit] Life
He currently is an associate professor of creative writing at Virginia Tech. He is from Michigan and before teaching owned and ran a successful automotive die design business.[1]
His first book, The Legend of Light, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press, later chosen an ALA Booklist Notable Book of the Year. Plus Shipping followed in 1998. His 2001 release, Animal Soul, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award[2]. He has published two other books -- Insomnia Diary (2004) and This Clumsy Living (2007), both with the University of Pittsburgh Press. His newest book, Words for Empty and Words for Full, will be published in 2010 by University of Pittsburgh Press.
His poems have appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review and The American Poetry Review, as well as four volumes of The Best American Poetry, and three times in the Pushcart Anthology.
[edit] Awards
- 1995 Felix Pollak Prize for The Legend of Light chosen by Carolyn Kizer
- Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008 [3]
- two NEA Fellowships
- 2008 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress for "This Clumsy Living" [4].
[edit] Works
- Go Greyhound A poem by Bob Hicok
- This Clumsy Living, 2007, the University of Pittsburgh Press;
- Insomnia Diary, 2004, the University of Pittsburgh Press;
- Animal Soul, 2003, Invisible Cities Press;
- Plus Shipping, 1998, BOA Editions, Ltd.; and
- The Legend of Light, 1995 University of Wisconsin Press.
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/1126
- ^ http://www.pw.org/mag/is_criticscircle.htm Poets and Writers Inc., Feb. 01, 2001
- ^ Guggenheim Foundation 2008 Fellows
- ^ Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry - Poetry (Library of Congress)
